Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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This is easy — Narman Murtaza watches T. V. and wails for one of his parents to come home as he babysits his little brother. All I have to do is make sure he doesn ' t get hurt, said Narman. Neal Karchem Rachel Katz Ryan Kellis James Kennedy Borzoy Khanverdi Steve Kim Sun Young Kim Sean Kohlmeier Ayelet Lahav Lusine Lalabekyan Trisha Langer Lars Larsen Brian Laskey Henry Lau Steve Lavi Sorin Lazar Sarah Le Roy Charles Lee Cindy Lee Sunny Lee Suzy Lee Virginia Levasseur Vanessa Linares Ben Lindsey r Sixth grade Faces 151

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SIXTH GRADE To babysit or be babysat Playing tricks, pulling pranks, and simply giving the babysitter a hard time is always on one ' s mind who gets babysat. And on the other hand, some try to avoid these disasters from happening to themselves. This is the main difference between a sixth grader who gets babysat and one who babysits. There is a fine line between the judgement of babysitting and being babysat and sixth graders often fall on this line. Some people define babysit- ting as eating all their food, calling friends on their phone, and just kick back until their parents come back home. Just looking after the child is not enough when you babysit but taking full responsibility of the child because the child ' s par- ents depend on you. I babysit my cousin every other Saturday because her mother works pretty late, so I have to keep her entertained by taking her to the local park, to some stores, let her watch T.V., things to make her happy. I usu- ally get paid ten dollars every Thomas Evans Angel Figueroa Hilary Filloon Marlon Fisher Francisco Flores Sandra Flores Shana Fuller Zuleyma Galdomez Harry Galstian ; Joanna Ganz Jovita Garay Joseph Gilmore Erik Gonzalez Lucy Gonzalez Elizabeth Gordon Elena Grant Rasheda Green Rajvir Grewal Michelle Griffin Michelle Guadagno Gabriel Guillen Maya Hagege Zuhra Hameed Adrian Hammers Wendy Hermosillo Adolfo Hernandez Cathrine Hudis Kyung Hwang Nicole Jackson Ryan Jesena Anabel Juarez Daniel Juarez time I babysit, said Ayesha Munir. Babysitters often treat you differently from person to per- son. Some may be very strict about the rules, some may be very sensitive and nice, and some just might not care at all about you. My mom and dad work so I get babysitted often. My baby- sitter is very nice because she buys me anything, from food to toys. She even got me a Nin- tendo! See, my babysitter has no kids and so she thinks of me as her own daughter. I still think I ' m old enough to take care of myself though, said Fa- tima Marenco. The way you treat a child when you babysit varies from kid to kid because some are very rambunctious and voluble while some are as quiet as a rock. I babysit my niece and nephew on weekends for about three hours. I love my niece, she is sweet and quiet but my neph- ew is a brat. He gets food from the kitchen and throws it be- hind the couch. He also spreads cereal all over the table for no reason, said Tracy Alexander. By Koty Mukasa Would you rather be babysitting or be babysat and why? I would rather have someone babysit me be- cause the babysitter lets you do anything you want to do, said Alyson An- gotti- I ' d rather babysit be- cause it is a responsibility you take to show that you are mature enough and ready to take the next step in a job that has to do with responsibility, said Eva- lynne Moyo. I think it would be ba- bysat because you get to do anything such as watching the T.V. real late or calling your friends, said Jesus Reyn- oso. 150 Sixth grade Faces

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SIXTH GRADE Kids just want to have fun during lunch It could be anything from drinking soda pop from baby bottles or passing or- anges under your neck, but leadership activities at the center circle are main events for sixth graders. I like competing in leadership events because its fun and interesting. I also like the competition against other people especially when they are better than me, be- cause then it gets to be more challenging. I think that if it is more challenging then it is more fun, said Lakeisha Lockhart. What is almost as fun as competing in leadership events, is watching your friends up on center circle, doing fun and em- barrassing things like the or- ange pass. I like going to leadership ac- tivities because they are fun. I also like watching my friends perform on stage. Especially when my best friend had to do the orange pass with the boy that she liked, said Dana Ber- gan. Another leadership event that attracts kids of all ages es- pecially the sixth graders are the dances. Joanna Litt Chanice Lockhart Lakeisha Lockhart Dawanna Lopez Lina Lopez Malcolm LyonsHnoore Fatima Marei{g) Maria Martinez Heather Medeiros Elektor Michigan Onekia Mitchell Donald Montgomery l ellie Montgomery Gabriel Montufar Selena Mooney p Mynor Moreno Evalynne Moyo Ayesha Munir Narman Murtaza , Eddie Navarro Abraham Nobel Christian Ocegueda Scott Ogus Maricela Ojeda They are enjoyable and they are fun and exciting. It is one of the only places besides the PE field that you can not do inside your classes. I also like going to the lunch dances and, I can ' t wait until I can go to the night dances. I also like going to the dances because I get to see the older kids dance and that ' s how I learn to do more dances, said Kathy Hudis. One of the most important things that the leadership ac- tivities let you do is to just act crazy and be yourself. Since sixth graders want to act crazy. This is one of the only times during school they can do this without getting into trouble. I like leadership activities because I can be with my friends and act crazy. I also like acting crazy at leadership ac- tivities because we are not al- lowed to do it in the classroom. I also like leadership activities because we also get to play around on the grass, said Ta- bitha Coleman. So if there are more leader- ship activities for the sixth graders to have fun at there will be less confusion in the class- rooms. ) 152 Sixth grade Faces